
2025-06-13 00:09:38
https://www.nextgov.com/cybersecurity/2025/06/cisas-executive-director-leaving-agency/405981/
CISA’s executive director is leaving the agency
Danish government agency to ditch Microsoft software in push for digital independence https://therecord.media/denmark-digital-agency-microsoft-digital-independence
2025 NFL free agency tracker: Broncos add ex-Chargers RB J.K. Dobbins https://www.foxsports.com/stories/nfl/2025-nfl-free-agency-tracker-signings-updates-best-players-available
Raiders Sign 88-Game Starter to $4 Million Contract in Free Agency https://heavy.com/sports/nfl/las-vegas-raiders/germaine-pratt-contract-signing/?adt_ei=[email]
How ad agency WPP is embracing AI tools, despite the threat to its creative business, as its stock falls 50% in seven years; its WPP Open platform has 50K users (Daniel Thomas/Financial Times)
https://www.ft.com/content/4d1d939c-23e3-491f-9a5e-58532fdc82cb…
NIH scientists air deep concerns about agency policies and cuts:
https://www.cidrap.umn.edu/public-health/nih-scientists-air-deep-concerns-about-agency-policies-and-cuts
"The Dust Bowl led to the creation of what is now called the Natural Resources Conservation Service. Just as it celebrates a major milestone, the agency is dealing with job losses, massive proposed budget cuts and talk of consolidation." #NRCS (h/t Tom Gill)
New study finds glyphosate unsafe at any dose.
Glyphosate is widely on sale in garden centres and DiY shops, including B&Q.
Carcinogenic effects of long-term exposure from prenatal life to glyphosate and glyphosate-based herbicides in Sprague–Dawley rats | Environmental Health | Full Text
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Florida agency tells newspaper to halt reporting angle on foundation associated with governor's wife (Mike Schneider/Associated Press)
https://apnews.com/article/orlando-sentinel-florida-desantis-welfare-9636452a8bf8eb230489513db64d86f7
http://www.memeorandum.com/250609/p104#a250609p104
More than 460 laid-off employees at the nation’s top public health agency are being reinstated.
Hundreds of laid-off CDC employees are being reinstated https://ground.news/article/hundreds-of-laid-off-cdc-employees-are-being-reinstated
2025 NFL free agency: Free agents, notable departures for all 32 teams https://www.nfl.com/news/2025-nfl-free-agency-free-agents-notable-departures-for-all-32-teams
The Orlando Sentinel got a cease-and-desist from Florida's DCF that claims its reporter coerced families for a story on a foundation tied to Gov. DeSantis' wife (Mike Schneider/Associated Press)
https://apnews.com/article/orlando-sen
Germaine Pratt signs with Raiders instantly becoming their highest plaid linebacker https://raiderswire.usatoday.com/story/sports/nfl/raiders/2025/06/11/raiders-sign-lb-germaine-pratt-benga…
Then X should become a public entity https://flipboard.com/@wired/elon-musk-s-twitter-q6o95242z/-/a-XwaFrjs9SDm2VZ25O9RYsg:a:3199480-/0
Cowboys have dark-horse candidate for starting running back spot https://www.si.com/nfl/cowboys/news/dallas-cowboys-have-dark-horse-candidate-starting-running-back-miles-sanders
This https://arxiv.org/abs/2504.09030 has been replaced.
initial toot: https://mastoxiv.page/@arXiv_csCY_…
SEC Chair Paul Atkins says the agency is working on an "innovation exemption" to boost onchain product creation and support Trump's vision of a US crypto hub (Stephen Katte/Cointelegraph)
https://cointelegraph.com/news/sec-mulls-crypto-ex…
Social Security Chief Says Musk's DOGE Figures Heavily in Agency's Plans (Anne Tergesen/Wall Street Journal)
https://www.wsj.com/politics/policy/social-security-chief-says-musks-doge-figures-heavily-in-agencys-plans-45cc0f35
http://www.memeorandum.com/250609/p72#a250609p72
House committee sets CISA budget cut at $135M, not Trump’s $495M
https://cyberscoop.com/cisa-budget-135m-dhs-2026-house-appropriations/
RFK Jr.’s chronic disease agency would eliminate or reduce funding for some prevention programs | STAT
https://www.statnews.com/2025/06/07/rfk-jr-administration-for-healthy-america-chronic-disease-budget-documents/?utm_campaign=rss
Paper plants can emit as much CO2 as oil refineries.
They’re flying under the radar.
Environmental Protection Agency accounting loopholes and aging equipment
have helped fuel pollution that may be undercounted by 350 percent.
https://grist.org/clima…
Validation of the Critical Reflection and Agency in Computing Index: Do Computing Ethics Courses Make a Difference?
Aadarsh Padiyath, Casey Fiesler, Mark Guzdial, Barbara Ericson
https://arxiv.org/abs/2506.06193
This https://arxiv.org/abs/2506.02606 has been replaced.
initial toot: https://mastoxiv.page/@arXiv_csRO_…
"Brazil generates 88% of power from renewables in 2024"
#Brazil #Energy #Renewables
CBP Confirms It Is Flying Predator Drones Above Los Angeles To Support ICE https://www.404media.co/cbp-confirms-it-is-flying-predator-drones-above-los-angeles-to-support-ice/
This https://arxiv.org/abs/2502.20491 has been replaced.
initial toot: https://mastoxiv.page/@arXiv_csHC_…
This https://arxiv.org/abs/2505.01651 has been replaced.
initial toot: https://mastoxiv.page/@arXiv_csAI_…
Asante Samuel Jr. is still free, but hardly meets Cowboys' criteria https://cowboyswire.usatoday.com/story/sports/nfl/cowboys/2025/06/09/asante-samuel-jr-cowboys-free-agency/84121717007/
Richardson is a former Marine artillery officer... he has no prior experience in disaster response.
☑️ David Richardson: FEMA head told staff he was previously unaware US has a hurricane season | CNN Politics
https://www.cnn.com/2025/06/02/politics/da
"As the West debates red lines and escalation risks, Ukraine’s spies are doing what no NATO agency dared: hunting Russian war criminals across three continents, from Moscow’s suburbs to Mali’s deserts — the very territories where Russia projected power unopposed for years.
Russia’s failed blitzkrieg birthed something far more dangerous than Ukrainian resistance — Ukrainian revenge."
CIA forged Ukraine's spy service into Mossad for Putin— now it can't make them stop
https://euromaidanpress.com/2025/06/08/cia-forged-ukraines-broken-spy-service-into-mossad-for-putin-now-it-cant-make-them-stop/
Nick Chubb free agency: Houston Texans emerge as 'one to watch' for veteran RB, per report
https://www.cbssports.com/nfl/news/nick-ch
Electricity supply emerges as prime cyber attack target – German security agency. Decentralized renewables are not always an advantage here: "Smaller power plants like wind turbines are often less well protected against attackers than large power plants.”
https://www.
FDA tells drugmakers to redo studies over data integrity issue
(*CRO misconduct issue)
https://www.statnews.com/pharmalot/2025/04/04/fda-research-cro-raptim-india-data/
A Trump administration letter to Congress outlines a plan to restructure VOA that would shrink the agency to 18 employees, down from roughly 1,400 in March (Minho Kim/New York Times)
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/06/04/us/politics/trump-voice-of-america.h…
This https://arxiv.org/abs/2207.06418 has been replaced.
link: https://scholar.google.com/scholar?q=a
Jemand hat sich die Mühe gemacht, die Umsetzung von Project 2025 in einem Projektmanagement-Tool umzusetzen. 30% sind schon umgesetzt. https://www.project2025.observer/?sort=agency-desc
Trojan Horse Hunt in Time Series Forecasting for Space Operations
Krzysztof Kotowski, Ramez Shendy, Jakub Nalepa, Przemys{\l}aw Biecek, Piotr Wilczy\'nski, Agata Kaczmarek, Dawid P{\l}udowski, Artur Janicki, Evridiki Ntagiou
https://arxiv.org/abs/2506.01849
UK cyber agency pushes for 'strategic policy agenda' as government efforts stall https://therecord.media/ncsc-pushes-uk-government-create-strategic-cyber-policy-agenda
The cyberattack on the Legal Aid Agency has been upgraded from ‘security incident’ to a widespread attack which has led to the agency taking down it’s online services and investigating with the NCSC. Here are five reasons you should be concerned about the breach.
https://www.…
The way we talk about housing in public discourse is so broken. How does kicking unhoused people out onto the street "deal with" homelessness in any sense other than a murderous one?
"Montreal's public transit agency is lifting a temporary rule against loitering in the Metro — a controversial measure established in mid-March to help deal with rising social problems in the network, including homelessness."
Graham's Defense Gives Raiders' Defense a Chance to Shine https://www.si.com/nfl/raiders/elandon-roberts-las-vegas-patrick-graham-robert-spillane
A Hierarchical Integer Linear Programming Approach for Optimizing Team Formation in Education
Aaron Kessler, Tim Scheiber, Heinz Schmitz, Ioanna Lykourentzou
https://arxiv.org/abs/2506.02756
Trump official who shut down counter-Russia agency has links to Kremlin (Benedict Smith/Telegraph)
https://www.telegraph.co.uk/us/news/2025/06/03/trump-official-shut-russia-propaganda-unit-kremlin-ties/
http://www.memeorandum.com/250603/p43#a250603p43
Uh oh, does Kash know his agency is warning people about Trumpers?
“Parents in Marshall County, Mississippi are being warned of a satanic, neo-Nazi terrorist group that is targeting children online.”
https://www.f…
FDA debuts agency-wide AI tool meant to help scientific reviewers and others streamline their work and, soon, to identify high-priority targets for inspections (Maya Goldman/Axios)
https://www.axios.com/2025/06/02/fda-launches-ai-tool
Brazil set to blast 35 km river rock formation for new Amazon shipping route https://news.mongabay.com/2025/06/brazil-set-to-blast-35-km-river-rock-formation-for-new-amazon-shipping-route/
London Blue Light Collaboration Evaluation: A Comparative Analysis of Spatio temporal Patterns on Emergency Services by London Ambulance Service and London Fire Brigade
Fangyuan Li, Yijing Li, Luke Edward Rogerson
https://arxiv.org/abs/2506.06011
2025 NFL free agency tracker: Ravens extend WR Rashod Bateman on three-year deal https://www.foxsports.com/stories/nfl/2025-nfl-free-agency-tracker-signings-updates-best-players-available
Former Bengals $20 million playoff hero predicted to bolster Raiders' defense https://www.sportingnews.com/us/nfl/las-vegas-raiders/news/former-bengals-20-million-playoff-her…
Why Chris Godwin spurned Patriots' $30 million offer, signed for less money with Buccaneers
https://www.cbssports.com/nfl/news/why-chr
Multi Layered Autonomy and AI Ecologies in Robotic Art Installations
Baoyang Chen, Xian Xu, Huamin Qu
https://arxiv.org/abs/2506.02606 https://
"FEMA had not been told and, in fact, they learned the news from those news stories. They didn't get official word from the White House about that disaster declaration for more than four days, which meant the money that was supposed to go out the door to those hard-hit communities was delayed."
'Quite a statement': CNN host stunned by Trump 'trauma' inflicted on key agency - Raw Story
https://www.rawstory.com/fema-trump-administration-concerns-mount/
I'm supervising a group of six 3rd year BSc students in a project inspired by the paper "Responsibility Under Uncertainty: Which Climate Decisions Matter Most?" https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s10666-022-09867-w
The project description is availa…
A US federal judge orders the USAGM to immediately disburse RFE/RL's May funding of ~$12M, following a similar order last month for its April funding (Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty)
https://www.rferl.org/a/rfe-rl-order-lamberth-court-funding-/33429…
Las Vegas Raiders Connected to Star Linebacker Who Just Hit Free Agency https://heavy.com/sports/nfl/las-vegas-raiders/connected-to-free-agent-star-linebacker/?adt_ei=[email]
Aaron Rodgers to the Steelers -- finally: Grading the move, and whether he's actually an upgrade https://www.espn.com/nfl/story/_/id/44442475/2025-nfl-free-agency-grades-quarterback-aaron-rodgers-pittsbur…
Cowboys RB Receives Grim Outlook https://heavy.com/sports/nfl/dallas-cowboys/javonte-williams-denver-broncos-rico-dowdle/?adt_ei=[email]
3 Arts Entertainment buys OManagement, a talent agency that specializes in working with news and journalism talent, including Steve Kornacki and Kristen Welker (Alex Weprin/The Hollywood Reporter)
https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/bus…
#wordweavers 26. If you were starting an anthology of short stories, what theme would be easiest for you?
Loss.
Loss of freedom. Loss of autonomy. Loss of agency. Loss of control. Loss of self-confidence. Loss of independence. Loss of dignity.
How much can you loose without actually losing yourself?
Aaron Rodgers to sign with Steelers, attend minicamp next week: Sources https://www.nytimes.com/athletic/6231027/2025/06/05/aaron-rodgers-steelers-nfl-free-agency/
Cowboys invested less than $4 million, but may have grabbed key contributor in free agency https://cowboyswire.usatoday.com/story/sports/nfl/cowboys/2025/06/03/cowboys-robert-jones-free-agency-value/84015385007/
#gsa #nyc #columbia #climate
The original Charney Report that says doubling CO2 will yield 1.5-4.5 degrees C temperature change (
#NOAA 's #GFDL and #NASA 's #GISS - incidentally, gfdl was also in the news yesterday
https://www.propublica.org/article/trump-noaa-budget-cuts-climate-change-modeling-princeton-gfdl
" The gutting of NOAA was outlined earlier this month in a leaked memo from the Office of Management and Budget that detailed steep reductions at the Department of Commerce, which houses the science agency. ... NOAA’s overall funding would be slashed by 27%…
most significant target is the office of Oceanic and Atmospheric Research ⎯ a nerve center of global climate science, data collection and modeling, including the Geophysical Fluid Dynamics Laboratory ⎯ which would be cut by 74%. “At this funding level, OAR is eliminated as a line office,” the memo stated.”
The White House has lost confidence in a Pentagon leak investigation that Hegseth used to justify firing three top aides last month, after advisers were told that the aides had supposedly been outed by an illegal warrantless National Security Agency (NSA) wiretap.
https://www.the…
Vikings linked to former $4.4 million Raiders starting defender in NFL free agency https://www.sportingnews.com/us/nfl/las-vegas-raiders/news/vikings-linked-former-44-million-r…
Cowboys named top free agency fit for former NFC East rival after OTAs https://www.si.com/nfl/cowboys/news/dallas-cowboys-named-top-free-agency-fit-former-nfc-east-rival-after-otas
US military IT specialist arrested for allegedly trying to leak secrets to foreign government https://therecord.media/defense-intelligence-agency-it-specialist-suspected-leak-foreign-government
Pan-tropical plant functional trait variation from space
David Schimel, Andres Baresch, Adam Chlus, Phil Townsend, Fabian Schneider, Gaia Vaglio Laurin, Ben Poulter
https://arxiv.org/abs/2505.19199
Just finished reading Dream State by Eric Puchner, and it kind of pissed me off. I think I can see exactly why it might be popular with a certain WASPy liberal "literati" type that probably includes a lot of influential reviewers, but to me, it's points about love & life, despite being much more complex, ring just about as hollow (and harmful) as a Disney movie.
I've got a lot of quibbles, but I think most galling to me was a throwaway line near the beginning about why platonic relationships get so much less glory in media than romantic ones, when so much of the plot proceeds to revolve around a stale agency-free romantic attraction model that's certainly more complex on its face than a Disney romance but which is ultimately just as misleading.
Go read Loveless or really any YA #OwnVoices romance (especially queer) and you'll be learning more & better lessons about the human condition.
Cowboys named top free agency fit for former NFC East rival after OTAs https://www.si.com/nfl/cowboys/news/dallas-cowboys-named-top-free-agency-fit-former-nfc-east-rival-after-otas
#wordweavers 26. If you were starting an anthology of short stories, what theme would be easiest for you?
Loss.
Loss of freedom. Loss of autonomy. Loss of agency. Loss of control. Loss of self-confidence. Loss of independence. Loss of dignity.
How much can you loose without actually losing yourself?
Russell Wilson cites 'superstar' Malik Nabers as reason behind New York Giants free agency signing
https://www.cbssports.com/nfl/news/russell
Raiders' Jakobi Meyers announces his hopes for 2026 NFL team with free agency looming https://www.sportingnews.com/us/nfl/las-vegas-raiders/news/raiders-jakobi-meyers-anno…
Aaron Rodgers' Steelers deal draws 'worst-case scenario' reaction, comments from around NFL, former players
https://www.cbssports.com/n…
Dissenter Update: June 2, 2025 https://thedissenter.org/dissenter-update-june-2-2025/
Ukraine tallies up Russian cyberattacks on local media since start of war https://therecord.media/ukraine-media-cyberattacks-russia-ssscip-report